KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI

KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI is a tight-knit junior high in FAR ROCKAWAY, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. The school enrolls 281 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI sits 47% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 comprises 63 schools with combined enrollment of 39,209 students; KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI is among them.

In terms of who attends, KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Black. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Queens County shows median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 265 (now 281). Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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